From my information when they strike they are 'kindly' asked not to carry non urgent care and duties. But in reality can they really do it. This is where the moral issue comes. Say someone needs X operation but further down the line it becomes a bigger problem if they dont have it. Hip replacements for e.g, you might not class this as urgent, but when you talk these people that are waiting lists for years, their pain is agonising, albeit not life threatening but unbearable. So urgent to acute care is subjective to a point of view, obviously Cardiac arrests need attention asap.
Also I feel the strikes wont have an effect because the effect will be watered down and as you say, it will just be a normal service as if it was a bank holiday. The new medical staff probably don't know why they striking but think's it's great to technically not do anything. It's the BMA (British medical Association) which is the trade union eqivalent decision. You also cannot vote unless your a member, as far as i last checked, that's over £250 a year for in reality lip service and newsletters, but that's another discussion entirely on their usefullness or lack of.
However on the otherhand they went too far when they renegotiated the GP contracts a few years back, making GP's very highly paid for the little amount of work they do compared to hospital doctors. The GP's don't do any night shifts nor weekend shifts and they can pick and choose when they work, plus they get paid a crap load for it if they wanted to. Trade unions themselves can also be selfish, but can you blame they, they are protecting the rights of their patrons, but not looking at the bigger picture or other members.
The other point on striking is it might be conveyed as selfish because the general public's opinion is they all highly paid high flyers sitting in the Coffee rooms all day, when in reality this is not true for the majority of non pencil pushers. When Teachers or Tube drivers strike, yes there is annoyance to service but no harm to self is done and generally they forget about them in a week or so time. Whereas if Doctors did 'truly' strike, as in refuse to do anything except acute, a huge furore will be garnered in the local tabloid newspapers and people will complain left right and centre.This will create even more animosity to the profession and make alot of people even more bitter.
In summary, medical professionals haven't had an effective strike, whether that is out of morality or need this has led the profession falling behind in pension negotiations. Look at the other civil service professions and they get to renegotiate at will really. Hence the Goverment are able to take advantage and basically stick two fingers up screwing them at the same time preying on their morals and duty of care. To be honest this will carry on for the forseeable future.
You see the difference. I am only trying to give both sides to give a balanced view. In any case this is the wrong thread and forum to be discussing the above issues, in contrary to what the OP wanted